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PHILIPPS
family, of
Picton
,
Pembrokeshire
.

Sometime
before 17 Oct. 1491Sir
THOMAS
PHILIPPS
of
Kilsant, Carms.
, married
JoanDwnn
, daughter and heiress of
HarryDwnn
(son of
OwenDwnn
of
Muddlescomb
in
Kidwelly
and
KatherineWogan
, second daughter of
JohnWogan
and widow of
SirHenryWogan
) and
Margaret
, daughter and co-heiress of
SirHenryWogan
of
Wiston
. The
Kilsant
(
Cilsant
) family claimed descent from
Cadifor Fawr
of
Blaen Cych
and
SirAaron ap Rhys
,
crusader
.
SirThomasPhilipps
was the son of
PhillipPhilipps
, son of
MeredithPhilipps
of
Cilsant
. He was
esquire to the body
of
Henry
VII
and was appointed one of the
stewards
and
receiver
of the lordships of
Llanstephan
and
Oysterlowe
on
16 May 1509
. On
7 Sept. 1509
he was appointed
coroner
and
escheator
of
Pembrokeshire
and the
lordship of Haverfordwest
. In the
French war
of
1513
he was
captain of a retinue of a hundred men
and in that year he was
knighted
. On
16 Oct. 1516
he became
sheriff
of
Pembrokeshire
and
bailiff in eyre
in the lordship of
Haverfordwest
. He was a
patron
of the
bardLewis Glyn Cothi
. He d.
before 8 Dec. 1520
when his son,
JOHN
PHILIPPS
,
server of the chamber
, succeeded him in the offices of
steward
of
Llanstephan
and
Oysterlowe
and
coroner
and
escheator
of
Pembrokeshire
and the lordship of
Haverfordwest
. He m.
Elizabeth
, daughter of
SirWilliamGriffith
of
Penrhyn
.

At the time of his appointment on
10 April 1532
as one of the
steward
s and
receiver
s of the manors of
RiceGriffith
(see
Rice
family
), he was a
steward of the king's chamber
. He was
sheriff
of
Pembrokeshire
in
1542
. His son
RICHARD
(b.
1535
)
interested himself in Welsh literature
(see
Pen. MS. 155
). He d. on the
Thursday after the feast of S. Meugan 1551
(see
Pen. MS. 176, 397
;
W. Wales Hist. Records
, vii, 161-4) and was succeeded by his young son
WILLIAM
PHILIPPS
whose wife was
JanetPerrot
, sister of
SirJohnPerrot
. His daughters m.
AlbanStepney
and
GeorgeOwen
of
Henllys
.
Member of Parliament
for
Pembrokeshire
in
1559
and
1572
, he was the
leader of a political faction in Pembrokeshire
in opposition to the party of
SirJohnPerrot
. He d.
14 March 1573
and his brother,
MORGAN
PHILIPPS
(d.
c.
1585
), succeeded to his estates in
Pembrokeshire
and
Carmarthenshire
. After the dissolution of his marriage to the wife of
WilliamScourfield
,
MorganPhilipps
m.
Elizabeth
, daughter of
RichardFletcher
,
registrar of Bangor
. He was
sheriff
of
Pembrokeshire
in
1576
. His son,
Sir
JOHN
PHILIPPS
, who was created a
baronet
on
8 Nov. 1621
, m. (1)
Anne
, daughter of
SirJohnPerrot
, who was the mother of all his children, (2)
Margaret
, daughter of
SirThomasDennys
of
Bicton
,
Devon
. He was
Member of Parliament
for
Pembrokeshire
in
1597
and
1601
and promoted the Bill for including the lordship of
Llandovery
in
Carmarthenshire
(
Trans. Cymm.
,
1942
, 13). He was
sheriff
of
Pembrokeshire
in
1595
and
1611
and of
Carmarthenshire
in
1623
. He
sponsored the literary work
of
RobertHolland
who dedicated his first book to his wife,
AnnePhilipps
. He was
captain of the trained bands
of
Dungleddy
. He d. at
Clog-y-fran
, his
Carmarthenshire
home, on
27 March 1629
and was buried at
Slebech
. His son,
Sir
RICHARD
PHILIPPS
, m. (1)
Elizabeth
, daughter of
SirErasmusDryden
,
bart.
, grandfather of the
poet
, and (2)
Catherine
, daughter of
DanielOxenbridge
,
M.D.
He took the side of
Parliament
in the
Civil War
and garrisoned
Picton castle
, which was taken by the
Royalists
on
30 April 1644
, when his children were imprisoned. He d.
1648
. The
third baronet
was
his son,
Sir
ERAMUS
PHILIPPS
, who m. (1)
ladyCicelyFinch
, daughter of
Thomas
,
earl of Winchilsea
, (2)
Catherine
, daughter and co-heir of
Edwardd'Arcy
of
Newhall
,
Derbyshire
; their daughter
Margaret
m.
GriffithJones
of
Llanddowror
and another daughter,
Elizabeth
, m.
JohnShorter
, a
Londonmerchant
, whose daughter
Katherine
m.
SirRobertWalpole
. His son,
EDWARD
(d.
1694
), was
sheriff
of
Pembrokeshire
in
1691
. In politics
SirErasmus
followed in his father's footsteps and was
Member of Parliament
for
Pembrokeshire
in
1654-5
, and
Jan.-April 1659
. He was
sheriff
for
Pembrokeshire
in
1656
, and was appointed a
militia commissioner for South Wales14 March 1654
. He d.
18 Jan. 1697
and was succeeded by
SirJohnPhilipps
. The
5th baronet
, the latter's son, was
Sir
ERASMUS
PHILIPPS
,
economic writer
(see
D.N.B.
). He matriculated at
Pembroke College
,
Oxford
,
4 Aug. 1720
, aged 20, and entered
Lincoln's Inn
on
7 Aug. 1721
. He was a
member of the common council
of
Haverfordwest
and represented the town in Parliament,
1726-43
. He was
sheriff
of
Carmarthenshire
in
1727
. His four treatises on economics were published
1720-51
. He was
drowned
near
Bath
in
Oct. 1743
. His brother,
Sir
JOHN
PHILIPPS
, the
Jacobite
, succeeded him. He matriculated from
Pembroke College
,
Oxford
, on
4 Aug. 1720
, aged 19, and was created
D.C.L.
on
12 April 1749
. Later he studied for the law. He m.
Elizabeth
, daughter of
HenryShepherd
of
London
, on
22 Sept. 1725
. He was a staunch
Tory
, ‘a notorious
Jacobite
’ (said
HoraceWalpole
), and a member of the
Society of the Sea Serjeants
. He was
Member of Parliament
for
Carmarthenshire1741-7
,
Petersfield1754-61
, and
Pembrokeshire1761-4
, and was made a
privy councillor
on
10 Jan. 1763
. In
1736
he became
mayor
of
Haverfordwest
where he was a
councilman
. He was also
councilman
and
recorder
of
Carmarthen
. He supported local education and
founded scholarships
at
Pembroke College
,
Oxford
, in
1749
. He d.
22 June 1764
. His brother,
Sir
RICHARD
PHILIPPS
, the
7th baronet
, was created
lord Milford in the Irish peerage
on
22 July 1776
. He entered
Pembroke College
,
Oxford
, on
3 Feb. 1761
. He m.
Elizabeth
, daughter of
JamesPhilipps
of
Pentypark
in
1764
. In politics a
Tory
, he was
Member of Parliament
for
Pembrokeshire1765-70
,
1786-1812
,
Plymton1774-9
, and
Haverfordwest1784-6
. He was appointed
custos rotulorum
for
Haverfordwest
in
1764
and
lord-lieutenant
in
1770
;
custos rotulorum
and
lord-lieutenant
of
Pembrokeshire
in
1786
. He d.
28 Nov. 1823
without issue and the estate devolved on his cousin
RICHARD
BULKELEY
PHILLIPPS
GRANT
(
1801
-
1857
) who assumed the surname
Philipps
and was created
baron Milford of Picton castle
in
1847
. He died without issue and his estates devolved upon his half-brother the
Rev.
JAMES
HENRY
ALEXANDER
PHILIPPS
(formerly
Gwyther
)
(d.
1875
). He was succeeded by his son-in-law
Sir
CHARLES
EDWARD
GREGG
PHILIPPS
(formerly
Fisher
)
who was created a
baronet
in
1887
. This baronetcy and the
Picton estate
descended to his son
Sir
HENRY
ERASMUS
EDWARD
PHILIPPS
(
1871
-
1938
) and then to his son
Sir
JOHN
ERASMUS
GWYNNE
ALEXANDER
PHILIPPS
(
1915
-
1948
). On the death of
lord Milford
in
1823
, the first baronetcy devolved upon his kinsman
SirRowland HenryPhilipps-Laugharne-Philipps
.

Sources:

M. M. Philipps
,
The History of the Family of Philipps of
Picton
(London, 1906)
;

B. Ll. Morris
(ed.),
The Slebech Story
(Haverfordwest,
1948)
, 52-71;

Burke's … Peerage, Baronetage, and
Knightage
;

James Allen
,
Notes on the Sheriffs of Pembrokeshire,
1541-1899
(Denbigh, 1900)
;

W. R. Williams
,
The History of the Parliamentary
Representation of Wales
(1895)
;

West Wales Historical Records
(1910–29)
, vii, 161-4;

Letters and Papers, Foreign and Domestic,
Henry VIII
—
Eliz.
;

A. L. Leach
,
History of the Civil War (1642-49) in
Pembrokeshire and on its borders
(London, 1937)
;